List of authors by name: A
The following is a
List of authors
by name whose last names begin with A:
Abbreviations: ch = children's; d = drama, screenwriting; f = fiction; nf = non-fiction; p = poetry, song lyrics
A – B – C – D – E – F – G – H – I – J – K – L – M – N – O – P – Q – R – S – T – U – V – W – X – Y – Z
Aa–Ad
- Bertus Aafjes (1914–1993, Netherlands, p)
- Patricia Aakhus (1952–2012, US, f)
- Hans Aanrud (1863–1953, Norway, d/p/f)
- Verna Aardema (1911–2000, US, ch)
- David Aaron(born 1938, US, nf)
- Jane Aaron (born 1951, Wales/Australia, nf)
- Jonathan Aaron (born 1941, US, p)
- Rachel Aaron (living, US, f)
- Richard Aaron (1901–1987, Wales, nf)
- Soazig Aaron (born 1949, France, f)
- Alexander Aaronsohn (1888–1948, Palestine/France, nf)
- Aarudhra(1925–1998, India, nf/p)
- Ivar Aasen (1813–1896, Norway, d/p/nf)
- Aarudhra(1925–1998, India, p/d)
- Gjorgji Abadžiev(1910–1963, Ottoman E/Yugoslavia, f/nf)
- Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu (1879–1945, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf)
- Rafael Ábalos (born 1956, Spain, ch)
- Chris Abani (born 1966, Nigeria/US, f/p)
- Alexander Abasheli (1884–1954, Georgia/USSR, p/f)
- Grigol Abashidze (1914–1994, Georgia/USSR, f/p)
- Irakli Abashidze (1909–1992, Georgia/USSR, p/nf)
- Sait Faik Abasıyanık (1906–1954, Turkey, f/p)
- Ines Abassi (born 1982, Tunisia, p/nf)
- Carmine Abate (born 1954, Italy, f/nf)
- Fekry Abaza (1896–1979, Egypt, nf)
- Afira bint 'Abbad (3rd c. CE, Arab region, p)
- Buthaina bint al-Mu'tamid ibn Abbad (born 1070, Andalusia, p)
- Ferhat Abbas (1899–1985, Algeria, nf)
- Jaafar Abbas (living, Sudan, nf)
- Christina Abbey(1924–2022, England, f), pseudonym of Nancy Buckingham and John Sawyer
- Edward Abbey (1927–1989, US, nf/f)
- Henry Abbey (1842–1911, US, p)
- Lynn Abbey (born 1948, US, f)
- Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838–1926, England, nf/f)
- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott (1872–1958, US, f/p)
- George Frederick Abbott (1874–1947, England, nf)
- J. H. M. Abbott (1874–1953, Australia, f/p)
- Jacob Abbott (1803–1879, US, ch)
- John S. C. Abbott (1805–1877, US, nf)
- Megan Abbott (born 1971, US, f)
- Tony Abbott (born 1952, US, ch)
- John Abbs (1810–1880, England/India, nf)
- Thomas Abbt (1738–1766, Germany, nf)
- Abd el-Krim (1882–1963, Morocco/Egypt, nf)
- Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed Abdalbari (born 1985, Sudan, p)
- Abdilatif Abdalla (born 1946, Kenya, p/nf)
- Ibtisam Abdallah (1940s–2023, Iraq, f)
- Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 1944, Gold Coast/Ghana, d)
- Lesley Abdela (living, England, nf)
- Abdi Sheik Abdi (born 1942, Somalia, f/nf)
- Kader Abdolah (born 1954, Iran/Netherlands, f)
- Ali Abdolrezaei (born 1969, Iran/England, p/nf)
- Hamid Barole Abdu (born 1953, Eritrea, nf)
- Kia Abdullah (born 1982, England, f/nf)
- Ghaith Abdul-Ahad (born 1975, Iraq/England, nf)
- Colet Abedi (living, US, f/nf/ch)
- Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)
- Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch)
- Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch)
- Abe Akira (阿部昭, 1934–1989, Japan, f/nf)
- Éliette Abécassis (born 1969, Morocco/France, nf)
- Antoine Abel (1934–2004, Seychelles, p/f)
- Deborah Abela (born 1966, Australia, ch)
- Joan Abelove (born 1945, US, ch)
- Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf)
- Patrick Abercromby (1656 – c. 1716, Scotland/England, nf)
- Virginia Abernethy (born 1934, US, nf)
- Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f)
- Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch)
- Casimiro de Abreu (1839–1960, Brazil, p/f/d)
- Mohammed Abdul-Hayy (1944–1989, Sudan, p/f/nf)
- Mena Kasmiri Abdullah (born 1930, Australia, f)
- Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981, Egypt, f)
- Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi (born 1958, Somalia/Canada, nf)
- Kazushige Abe (阿部和重, born 1968, Japan, f)
- Kōbō Abe (安部公房, 1924–1993, Japan, f)
- Abe no Nakamaro (阿倍仲麻呂, c. 698 – c. 770, Japan, nf/p)
- Shana Abé (living, US, f)
- Tomoji Abe (阿部知二, 1903–1973, Japan, f/nf)
- Siôn Abel (fl. 18th c., Wales, p)
- Peter Abelard (1079–1142, France, nf/p)
- Joe Abercrombie (born 1974, England, f/ch)
- Lascelles Abercrombie (1881–1938, England, p/nf)
- Milan Kujundžić Aberdar (1842–1893, Serbia, p/nf)
- Robert Abernathy (1924–1990, US, f)
- Arthur Talmage Abernethy (1872–1956, US, nf/p)
- Jean-Baptiste Abessolo (born 1932, Gabon, f)
- Johann Heinrich Abicht (1762–1816, Germany, nf)
- Azhar Abidi (born 1968, Pakistan/Australia, f)
- Walter Abish (1931–2022, Austria/US, f)
- Chris van Abkoude (1880–1960, Netherlands/US, ch), pseudonym Charles Winters
- Paul Ableman (1927–2006, England, d/f)
- Abdel Rahman el-Abnudi (1938–2015, Egypt, p/ch)
- Abraham Aboab (c. 1560–1642, Portugal/Italy, nf)
- Josette Abondio (born 1949, Ivory Coast, f/ch)
- Marguerite Abouet (born 1971, Ivory Coast, f)
- Leila Aboulela (born 1964, Sudan/Scotland, f/d)
- Edmond François Valentin About (1828–1885, France, f/nf)
- Leila Abouzeid (born 1950, Morocco, nf/f)
- Daniel Abraham (born 1969, US, f)
- Lionel Abrahams (1928–2004, S Africa, f/p/nf)
- Marc Abrahams (born 1956, US, f)
- Peter Abrahams (1919–2017, S Africa, f/nf)
- Rehane Abrahams (living, S Africa, d)
- Odd Abrahamsen (1924–2001, Norway, p)
- Sam Abrams (born 1935, US, p)
- Seth Abramson (born 1976, US, nf)
- Henrique Abranches (1932–2004, Portugal/Angola, p/f/d)
- Milton Abramowitz (1915–1958, US, nf)
- Kosta Abrašević (1879–1898, Ottoman E/Serbia, p)
- Antero de Abreu (1927–2017, Angola/Portugal, nf/p)
- Diogo Abreu (born 1947, Portugal, nf)
- Joseph Wilfred Abruquah (1921–1997, Gold Coast/Ghana, f)
- Dannie Abse (1923–2014, Wales, p)
- François-Joseph Amon d'Aby (1913–2007, Ivory Coast, d/nf)
- Mohammed Achaari (born 1951, Morocco, f/p)
- Nana Achampong (born 1964, Ghana, f/p)
- Bhanubhakta Acharya (1814–1868, Nepal, p)
- Chinua Achebe (1930–2013, Nigeria n/p/nf)
- Catherine Obianuju Acholonu (1951–2014, Nigeria, p/d/nf)
- Mohamed El Aziz Ben Achour (born 1951, Tunisia, nf)
- Gerrit Achterberg (1905–1962, Netherlands, p)
- Said Achtouk (1925–1989, Morocco, p)
- André Aciman (born 1951, Egypt/US, f/nf)
- Socorro Acioli (born 1975, Brazil, f/ch)
- Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d)
- Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, nf)
- Kathy Acker (1947–1997, US, f/d/nf)
- J. R. Ackerley (1896–1967, England, nf)
- Diane Ackerman (born 1948, US, p/nf)
- Forrest J. Ackerman(1916–2008, US, f)
- Louise-Victorine Ackermann (1813–1890, France, p)
- Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834, Germany/England, p)
- Duane Ackerson (1942–2020, US, p/f)
- Martha Ackmann (born 1951, US, nf)
- Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf/f)
- Milton Acorn (1923–1986, US, p/d)
- Óscar Acosta (1933–2014, Honduras, p/nf)
- Kobena Eyi Acquah (born 1952, Ghana, p)
- Kofi Acquah-Dadzie (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
- Avis Acres (1910–1994, N Zealand, ch)
- Joyce Ackroyd (1918–1991, Australia, nf)
- Peter Ackroyd (born 1949, England, nf)
- Eliza Acton (1799–1859, England, nf)
- Harold Acton (1904–1994, Italy/England, nf)
- Manuel Acuña (1849–1873, Mexico, p/f/d)
- János Aczél (died 1523, Hungary, p)
- Tamás Aczél (1921–1994, Hungary, p/nf)
- Gilbert Adair (1944–2011, Scotland, f/p/nf)
- Hazel Adair (1900–1990, England, f/nf)
- Virginia Hamilton Adair (1913–2004, US, p)
- Geormbeeyi Adali-Mortty (born 1916, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)
- Carolyne Adalla (living, Kenya, nf)
- Adam de la Halle (1240–1287, France, p)
- Alexander Adam (1741–1809, Scotland, nf)
- Helen Adam (1909–1993, Scotland, p)
- James Adam (1860–1907, Scotland, nf)
- Jean Adam (1704–1765, Scotland, p), also Adams
- Paul Adam (born 1958, England, f/ch)
- Pip Adam (living, N Zealand, f/nf)
- Ruth Adam (1907–1977, England, f/nf)
- Gabriela Adameșteanu (born 1942, Romania, f/nf)
- Draginja Adamović (1925–2000, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Ratko Adamović (born 1942, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/f)
- Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882, Scotland/Ireland, nf)
- Anna Adams (1926–2011, England, p)
- Arthur Henry Adams (1872–1936, N Zealand/Australia, nf/p/d)
- Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903, England, nf/f)
- Douglas Adams (1952–2001, England, f/d)
- Francis Adams (1862–1893, Malta/England, nf/f/p)
- Glenda Adams (1939–2007, Australia, f)
- Henry Adams (1838–1918, US, nf)
- Jad Adams (born 1954, England, nf)
- Jennie Adams (born 1963, Australia, f)
- John Adams (1704–1740, British N American colonies, p)
- Léonie Adams (1899–1988, US, p)
- Mary Adams (1898–1984, England, ch)
- Patch Adams (born 1945, US, nf)
- Patricia J. Adams (born 1952, Anguilla, p/nf)
- Poppy Adams (born 1983, England, f)
- Richard Adams (1920–2016, England, f)
- Robert Adams (1933–1990, US, f)
- Ryan Adams (born 1974, US, p)
- William Henry Davenport Adams (1928–1991, England, nf)
- Patsy Adam-Smith (1924–2001, Australia, nf)
- Catherine Adamson (1868–1925, N Zealand, nf)
- Hendrik Adamson (1891–1946, Russian E/Estonia, p/f)
- Henry Adamson (1581–1637, Scotland, p/nf)
- Jean Adamson (born 1928, England, ch)
- John Adamson (1787–1855, England, nf)
- Joy Adamson (1910–1980, Austria-Hungary/Kenya, nf)
- Robert Adamson (1943–2022, Australia, p)
- Martín Adán (1908–1985, Peru, p/f)
- Abd al-Wahhab Adarrak (1666–1746, Morocco, nf/p)
- Alison Adburgham (1912–1997, England, nf)
- Arthur St John Adcock (1864–1930, England, f/p)
- Fleur Adcock (born 1934, N Zealand/England, p)
- Jane Addams (1860–1935, US, nf)
- Joseph Addison (1672–1719, England, nf)
- Lucia H. Faxon Additon(1847–1919, US, nf)
- Kim Addonizio (born 1954, US, p/f)
- Ayobami Adebayo (born 1988, Nigeria, f/p)
- Remi Adedeji (born 1937, Nigeria, ch)
- Mirza Adeeb (1914–1999, India/Pakistan, d/f)
- Debra Adelaide (born 1958, Australia, f/nf)
- Abimbola Adelakun (living, Nigeria, nf/f)
- Johann Christoph Adelung (1732–1806, Germany, nf)
- Sade Adeniran (born 1960s, England/Nigeria, f/nf)
- Saheed Aderinto (born 1979, Nigeria/US, nf)
- Akin Adesokan (living, Nigeria, nf)
- Toyin Adewale-Gabriel (born 1969, Nigeria, f/nf/p)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born 1977, Nigeria, f/nf)
- Aravind Adiga (born 1974, India, f)
- Opal Palmer Adisa (born 1954, Jamaica, p/f)
- Halide Edib Adıvar (1884–1964, Turkey, f/nf)
- Mohammed ibn Adjurrum(1273–1323, Morocco, nf)
- C. S. Adler (born 1932, US, ch)
- David A. Adler (born 1947, US, ch)
- Adomnán (c. 624–704, Ireland/Scotland, nf), also known as St Eunan
- Judith Adong (born 1977, Uganda/US, d/ch
- Alexandra Adornetto (born 1994, Australia, ch)
- Stanislas Spero Adotevi (1934–2024, Benin, nf)
- Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926–2009, Ecuador, p)
- Nizamuddin Asir Adrawi (1926–2021, India, nf)
- Wilna Adriaanse (born 1958, S Africa, f)
- Edgar Adrian (1889–1977, England, nf)
- Artur Adson (1889–1977, Russian E/Estonia, p/d/nf)
- Adunis(born 1930, Syria, p/nf), born Ali Ahmad Said Esber
- Amina Al Adwan (born 1935, Jordan/US, p/nf)
- Endre Ady (1877–1919, Hungary, p)
- Julia Cartwright Ady (1851–1924, England, nf)
- Mariska Ady (1888–1977, Hungary, p)
Ae–Al
- Aeba Koson (饗庭篁村, 1855–1922, Japan, f/nf)
- Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167, England, nf)
- Franz Aepinus (1724–1802, Russian E, nf)
- Aeschines (389–314 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Aeschylus (c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BCE, Greece, d)
- Aesop (c. 620 – 560 BCE, Greece, f)
- Anastasia Afanasieva (born 1982, Ukraine, p/f)
- Þórhildur Sunna Ævarsdóttir (born 1987, nf)
- Max Afford (1906–1954, Australia, d/f)
- Ali Mohammad Afghani (born 1925, Iran, f/nf)
- S. A. Afolabi(born 1966, Nigeria, f)
- Lucius Afranius (fl. early 1st c. BCE, Rome, p)
- Maxamed Daahir Afrax (living, Somalia, f/d/nf)
- Leo Africanus (1488–1554, Al-Andalus, nf)
- Tatamkhulu Afrika (1920–2002, Egypt/S Africa, f/p/nf), pseudonym of Ismail Joubert
- Sa'ida Bint Khatir al-Farisi (born 1956), Omani poet
- John Agard (born 1949, British Guiana/Guyana, d/p/ch)
- Francesco Algarotti (1712–1764, Italy, nf/p)
- Shimon Agassi (1852–1914, Mesopotamia, nf)
- Louis Agassiz (1807–1873, Switzerland/US, nf)
- Hiroyuki Agawa (阿川弘之, 1920–2015, Japan, f/nf)
- Patience Agbabi (born 1965, England, p)
- Berthe-Evelyne Agbo (living, Benin/France, p)
- Francis Agbodeka (1931–2005, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
- James Agee (1909–1955, US, f/nf/p)
- Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua, p/nf/f)
- Deborah Ager (born 1978, US, p/nf)
- Anna Caspari Agerholt (1892–1943, Norway, nf)
- Pedro Agerre (1566–1654, Spain, nf)
- Sven Aggesen (born c. 1140/1150, Denmark, nf)
- Ifeoma Aggrey-Fynn (1980–2015, Nigeria, nf)
- István Ágh (born 1938, Hungary, p), pseudonym of István Nagy
- Zechariah Aghmati (1120–1195, Morocco, nf)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–1799, Italy, nf)
- Pinky Agnew (born 1955, N Zealand, d/nf/p)
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888–1970, Austria-Hungary/Israel]]
- Kelli Russell Agodon (born 1969, US, p)
- Dritëro Agolli (1931–2017, Albania, p/f)
- Georg Andreas Agricola (1672–1738, Germany, nf)
- Rodolphus Agricola (1443/1444–1485, Netherlands, nf/p)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535, Holy Roman E/France, nf)
- José Eduardo Agualusa (born 1960, Angola/Mozambique, f/p)
- Brígida Agüero (1837–1866, Cuban, p)
- João Aguiar (1943–2010, Portugal, f/nf)
- Grace Aguilar (1816–1947, England/Germany, f/p/nf)
- Luis Aguilar-Monsalve(born 1942, Ecuador, f/nf)
- Marcos Aguinis (born 1935, Argentina, nf)
- Delmira Agustini (1886–1914, Uruguay, p)
- Bogi Ágústsson (born 1952, Iceland, nf)
- Jot Agyeman (born 1967, Ghana, nf/d)
- Ivor Agyeman-Duah (born 1966, Ghana, nf)
- Ah Cheng (鍾阿城, born 1949, China, d/f)
- Cecelia Ahern (born 1981, Ireland, f)
- Jerry Ahern (1946–2012, US, f/nf)
- Alf Ahlberg (1892–1979, Sweden, nf)
- Lars Ahlin (1915–1997, Sweden, f)
- Farrukh Ahmad (1918–1974, India/Bangladesh, p/ch)
- Ishtiaq Ahmad (1941–2015, India/Pakistan, f/nf)
- Malik Zahoor Ahmad (living, Pakistan, nf)
- Najiba Ahmad (born 1954, Iraq, p/f)
- Shahnon Ahmad (1933–2017, Malaya/Malaysia, f)
- Abdel Rahim Ahmed (living, Egypt, d)
- Ashfaq Ahmed (1925–2004, India/Pakistan, f/d)
- Humayun Ahmed (1948–2012, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/d/nf)
- Kazi Anis Ahmed (born 1970, Bangladesh, nf/f)
- Leila Ahmed (born 1940, Egypt/US, nf)
- Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed (1965–2006, Sudan, nf)
- Mouna-Hodan Ahmed (born 1972, Djibouti, f)
- Ahmet Vefik Paşa(1823–1891, Turkey, nf/d)
- Abul Mansur Ahmad (1898–1979, India/Bangladesh, f/nf)
- Shaykh Ahmad (1753–1826, Hijaz, nf), in full Ahmad bin Zayn al-Dín bin Ibráhím al-Ahsá'í
- Jasmina Ahmetagić (born 1970, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf/p)
- Astrid Ahnfelt (1876–1962, Sweden, f)
- Juhani Aho (1861–1921, Russian E/Finland, f), born Johannes Brofeldt
- Syed Ali Ahsan (1922–2002, India/Bangladesh, p/nf)
- Alfred Aho (born 1941, Canada, nf)
- Jeannette D. Ahonsou (born 1954, Togo, f)
- Ai (1847–1910, US, p), born Florence Anthony
- Ai Qing (艾青, 1910–1996, China, p)
- Mohamed Aïchaoui (1921–1959, Algeria, nf)
- Ilse Aichinger (1921–2016, Austria, nf/f/p)
- Robert Aickman (1914–1981, England, f/nf)
- Ama Ata Aidoo (1940–2023, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/p)
- Kofi Aidoo (born 1950s, Gold Coast/Ghana, f)
- Naja Marie Aidt (born 1963, Denmark, p/f)
- Shō Aikawa (會川昇, born 1965, Japan, f)
- Conrad Aiken (1899–1973, US, p/f)
- Joan Aiken (1924–2004, England, f/ch)
- John Aikin (1747–1822, England, nf)
- Lucy Aikin (1781–1864, England, nf)
- Aganice Ainianos (1838–1892, Greece, p)
- Alfred Ainger (1837–1904, England, nf)
- Hew Ainslie (1792–1878, Scotland/US, p/nf)
- Henry Ainsworth (1571–1622, England, nf)
- Ruth Ainsworth (1908–1984, England, ch/d)
- William Harrison Ainsworth (1805–1882, England, f)
- César Aira (born 1949, Argentina, f/nf)
- Catherine Aird (born 1930, England, f)
- Aa'isha bint Ahmad al-Qurtubiyya (died 1010), Andalusia, p)
- Jean Aitchison (born 1938, England, nf)
- Adam Aitken (born 1960, England/Australia, p)
- Aizu Yaichi (会津八一, 1881–1956, Japan, p/nf)
- Tolu Ajayi (born 1946, Nigeria, p/nf)
- Dejan Ajdačić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Ukraine, nf)
- Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1747–1809, Morocco, nf/p)
- Yemi Ajibade (1929–2013, Nigeria/England, d)
- Audrey Ajose (born c. 1937, Nigeria, nf/ch)
- Jófríður Ákadóttir (born 1994, Iceland, p)
- Baku Akae (赤江瀑, 1933–2012, Japan, f)
- Jirō Akagawa (赤川次郎, born 1948, Japan, f)
- Satoru Akahori (あかほりさとる, born 1965, Japan, f)
- Lotfi Akalay (1943–2019, Tangier/Morocco, nf/f)
- John Akar (1927–1975, Sierra Leone, nf)
- Akazome Emon (赤染衛門, late 950s/early 960s – 1041 or later, Japan, p/nf)
- Hyder Akbar (born 1984, Pakistan/US, nf)
- Ahmad Akbarpour (born 1970, Iran, f/ch)
- Yusuf Akcura(1876–1935, Turkey, nf)
- Mikalojus Akelaitis (1829–1887, Russian E/France, nf)
- Grace Akello (born 1950, Uganda, p/nf)
- Jan van Aken (born 1961, Netherlands, f)
- Mark Akenside (1721–1770, England, p)
- Mohammed Akensus (1797–1877, Morocco, nf)
- John Yonge Akerman (1806–1873, England, nf)
- Rachel Akerman (1522–1544, Austria/Moravia, p)
- Sonja Åkesson (1926–1977, Sweden, p)
- Lucy Akhurst (born 1970, England, d)
- Bella Akhmadulina (1937–2010, USSR/Russia, p/f)
- Anna Akhmatova (1889–1966, Russian E/USSR, p)
- Jan Nisar Akhtar (1914–1976, Russia E/USSR, p)
- Javed Akhtar (born 1945, India, p/d/nf)
- Salman Akhtar (born 1946, India/US, nf)
- Shaheen Akhtar (born 1962, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, f/nf)
- Tolu Akinyemi (living, Nigeria, p)
- Mizuhito Akiyama (秋山瑞人, born 1971, Japan, f)
- Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂昭如, 1930–2015, Japan, f/p)
- Kofi Akpabli (born 1973, Ghana, nf)
- Uwem Akpan (born 1971, Nigeria/US, f/nf)
- Mirko Aksentijević (1922–2011, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川龍之介, 1892–1927, Japan, f)
- Ahmad ibn Munim al-Abdari (died 1228, Andalusia, nf)
- Muhammad Aladdin (born 1979, Egypt, f/d)
- Ismail ibn al-Ahmar (1387–1406, Morocco, nf)
- William Alabaster (1567–1640, England, p/d/nf
- Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Greece, p)
- Raabi'a al-Adwiyya(714–801, Arabic region, p)
- Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012), French poet and translator
- Tunku Zain Al-'Abidin (born 1982, Malaysia, nf)
- Ahmed Alaidy (born 1974, Egypt, d/p)
- Gamila El Alaily (1907–1991, Egypt, p/f)
- Laila al-Akhyaliyya (died 694–709, Arab region, p)
- Idriss ibn al-Hassan al-Alami (1925–2007, Morocco, p)
- Luigi Alamanni (1495–1556, Italy, p)
- Harutyun Alamdaryan (1795–1834, Russian E, p/nf)
- Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami(died 1722, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed ibn al-Tayyib al-Alami(1698–1756, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed ibn Mohammed Alami (1932–1993, Morocco, p)
- Mohammed ibn Idris al-Amrawi (1794–1847, Morocco, p)
- Mubarkah Bent al-Barra (born 1957, Mauritania, p/ch)
- Eva Allen Alberti (1856–1938, US, nf/d)
- Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Greece, p)
- Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p)
- Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Greece, p)
- Anaxagoras (c. 500 – c. 428 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Anaximander (c. 610 – c. 546 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Anaximenes of Miletus ( c. 586 – c. 526 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Andocides (c. 440 – c. 390 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005), Afghanistan, p)
- Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981), Turkey, nf/p)
- Wani Ardy (born 1984), Malaysia, p/nf)
- Kaddour El Alamy (1742–1850, Morocco, p)
- Alaol (1607–1680, Bengal, p)
- Abbas Mahmoud al-Aqqad (1889–1964, Egypt, p/nf)
- Daniel Alarcón (born 1977, Peru, f/nf)
- Juan Ruiz de Alarcón (c. 1581–1639, Mexico, d)
- Taqiyya Umm Ali bint Ghaith ibn Ali al-Armanazi (1111–1183/1184, Arab region, p), Sitt al-Ni'm
- Leopoldo Alas (1852–1901, Spain, f/nf)
- Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair (c. 1698–1770, Scotland, p/nf)
- Syed Hussein Alatas (1928–2007, Malaya/Malaysia, nf)
- Alev Alatlı (born 1944, Turkey, nf/f)
- Ali ibn al-Athir(1160–1233, Mesopotamia/Iraq, nf)
- Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, f/nf)
- Ave Alavainu (born 1942, Estonia, p)
- Bozorg Alavi (1904–1997, Iran/Germany, nf/f)
- Alauddin Al-Azad (1932–2009, India/Bangladesh, f/p/d)
- Abu al-Abbas al-Azafi (1162–1236, Ceuta, nf)
- Nura al-Badi (born 1969), Oman, p)
- Abd al-Haqq al-Badisi (died post-1322, Morocco, nf)
- Safiyya al-Baghdadiyya (fl. 12th c.), Arab region, p)
- David Albahari (born 1948, Yugoslavia/Canada, f)
- Gillebríghde Albanach (fl. 1200–1230, Scotland, p)
- Za'ima Sulayman al-Baruni (1910–1976, Libya, f/nf)
- Edward Albee (1928–2016, US, d)
- Albert of Aix (fl. c. 1100, Holy Roman E, nf)
- Albertus Magnus (c. 1200–1280, Duchy of Bavaria/Holy Roman E, nf)
- Susan Wittig Albert (born 1940, US, f)
- Pierre Albert-Birot (1876–1967, France, p/d)
- Anne-Marie Albiach (1937–2012, France, p)
- Jordie Albiston (1961–2022, Australia, p)
- Albrecht von Johansdorf (c. 1180 – c. 1209, Germany, p)
- Vera Albreht (1895–1971, Austrian E/Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Madeleine Albright (1937–2022, US, nf)
- Mitch Albom (born 1958, US, f/nf)
- Aurora de Albornoz (1926–1990), Spain, p/nf)
- Enrique López Albújar (1872–1966, Peru, p)
- Al-Buzidi al-Bujrafi (1925–2011, Morocco, p)
- Afonso de Albuquerque (c. 1453–1515, Portugal, nf)
- Anthony the Great (251–356, Greece, nf)
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf)
- Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian/French poet and writer
- Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962), Bahrain poet
- Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic
- Alcaeus (fl. 4th c. BCE, Athens, p/d)
- Alcaeus of Messene (fl. 219–196 BCE, Greece, p)
- Alcaeus of Mytilene (c. 625/620 – c. 580 BCE, Lesbos, p)
- Ammiel Alcalay (born 1956, US, p/nf)
- Baltasar del Alcázar (1530–1606, Spain, p)
- Alcman (fl. 7th c. BCE, Sparta, p)
- Vivien Alcock (1924–2003, England, ch)
- Mariana Alcoforado (1640–1723, Portugal, nf)
- Amos Bronson Alcott (1799–1888, US, nf)
- Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888, US, ch/f, p)
- Alcuin (c. 735–804, England/France, nf/p)
- Kaye Aldenhoven (living, Australia, p)
- Naomi Alderman (born 1974, England, f)
- Hugh Aldersey-Williams (born 1959, England, nf)
- Maggie Alderson (born 1959, England/Australia, f/nf)
- Thomas Aldham (c. 1616–1660, England, nf)
- Richard Aldington (1892–1962, England, f/nf/p)
- Brian Aldiss (1925–2017, England, f)
- Ahmad al-Tayyeb Aldj(1928–2012, Morocco, p/d)
- Henry Aldrich (1647–1710, England, nf)
- Nelson W. Aldrich (1841–1915, US, nf)
- James Aldridge (1918–2015, Australia/England, f/nf/ch)
- Radu Aldulescu (novelist) (born 1954, Romania, f)
- Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923–1969, Iran, f/nf)
- Vasile Alecsandri (1821–1890, Moldavia/Romania, p/d)
- Mira Alečković (1924–2008, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p)
- Tudur Aled (c. 1465–1525, Wales, p)
- Caetano da Costa Alegre (1864–1890, São Tomé and Príncipe, p)
- Manuel Alegre (born 1936, Portugal, p/nf)
- Ciro Alegría (1909–1967, Peru, nf/f)
- Claribel Alegría (1924–2018, Nicaragua/Salvador, p/nf/f)
- Fernando Alegría (1918–2005, Chile, p/nf)
- Vicente Aleixandre (1898–1984, Spain, p)
- Josip Murn Aleksandrov (1879–1901, Austria-Hungary, p)
- Haddis Alemayehu (1910–2003, Ethiopia, f/nf)
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783, France, nf)
- José de Alencar (1829–1877, Brazil, f/d/nf)
- Rochelle Alers (born 1963, US, f), pseudonyms Susan James and Rena McLeary
- Andrés J. d'Alessio (1940–2009, Argentina, nf)
- Arnold Aletrino (1858–1916, Netherlands, nf)
- Bernhard Alexander (1850–1927, Hungary, nf)
- Horace Alexander (1889–1989, England/US, nf)
- Kate Alexander, pseudonym of Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)
- Kwame Alexander (born 1968, US, p/ch)
- Lloyd Alexander (1924–2007, US, ch/f)
- Miriam Alexander (1879 – post-1924, England, f)
- Sue Alexander (1932–2008, US, ch/nf)
- Trisha Alexander, pseudonym of Patricia Kay (born 1937, US, f)
- Grigore Alexandrescu (1810–1885, Wallachia/Romania, p)
- Larisa Alexandrovna (born 1971, USSR/US, nf/p)
- Ioan Alexandru (1941–2000, Romania/Germany, p/nf)
- Sherman Alexie (born 1966, US, f/p)
- Elena Alexieva (born 1975, Bulgaria, p/f)
- Abelardo Díaz Alfaro (1916–1999, Puerto Rico, f/nf)
- Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi (1760–1837, Morocco, nf)
- David ben Abraham al-Fasi (fl. 10th c., Morocco, nf)
- Hamdun ibn al-Hajj al-Fasi (1760–1817, Morocco, nf)
- Isaac Alfasi (1013–1103, Algeria, nf)
- Mohammed al-Arbi al-Fasi (1580–1642, Morocco, nf)
- Mohammed ibn Zakri al-Fasi (died 1731, Morocco, nf/p)
- Allal al-Fassi (1910–1974, Morocco, nf/p)
- Malika al-Fassi (1919–2007, Morocco, nf/d/f)
- Felipe Alfau (1902–1999, Spain/US, f/p)
- Muhammad al-Fayturi (1936–2015, Sudan/Morocco, p/d/nf)
- Pierre Alféri (born 1963, France, f/p)
- Alfredo Armas Alfonzo (born 1990, Venezuela, nf/f)
- Mohammed al-Habib al-Fourkani (1922–2008, Morocco, nf/p)
- Hans Alfredson (1931–2017, Sweden, f)
- Horatio Alger (1832–1899, US, ch)
- John Goldworth Alger (1836–1907, England, nf)
- Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (born 1948, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf)
- Abd al-Aziz al-Ghumari (1920–1997, Tangier, nf)
- Abdullah al-Ghumari (1910–1993, Tangier, nf)
- Ahmad al-Ghumari (1902–1961, Morocco/Egypt, nf)
- Gamal al-Ghitani (1945–2015, Egypt, f/nf)
- Nelson Algren (1909–1981, US, f/nf/p)
- Muhammad Ibn al-Habib(1876–1972, Morocco, nf)
- Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898–1987, Egypt, f/d)
- Ahmad ibn Hamdun ibn al-Hajj (died 1898, Morocco, nf)
- al-Ḥujayjah, (Safīyah bint Tha'labah al-Shaybānīyah, 5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p)
- al-Ḥurqah(5th – 6th c.), Arab region, p)
- Abdullah Yusuf Ali (1872–1953, India/England, nf)
- Agha Shahid Ali (1949–2001, India/US, p)
- Ahmed Ali (1910–1994, India/Pakistan]]
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali (born 1969, Somalia/US, nf)
- Bachtyar Ali (born 1960, USSR/Germany, f/nf/p)
- Hauwa Ali (born 1995, Nigeria, f)
- Idris Ali (1940–2010, Egypt, f)
- Monica Ali (born 1967, E Pakistan/England, f)
- Mohammed Naseehu Ali (born 1971, Ghana/US, f/nf)
- Shawkat Ali (1936–2018, India/Bangladesh, f)
- Sabahattin Ali (1907–1948, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/p/nf)
- Syed Ameer Ali (1849–1928, India/England, nf)
- Syed Mujtaba Ali (1904–1974, India/Bangladesh, nf)
- Taha Muhammad Ali (1931–2011, Palestine/Israel
- Tariq Ali (born 1943, India/England, nf)
- Mohammed al-Idrisi(1099–1165, Ceuta/Sicily, nf)
- Abel Alier (born 1933, Sudan, nf)
- Mohammed al-Ifrani (1670–1745), Morocco, nf)
- Dante Alighieri (c. 1265–1321, Italy, p)
- Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), Yugoslavia, p/nf)
- Yousef Alikhani (born 1975, Iran, f/nf/ch)
- Cyril Alington (1872–1955, England, f/nf/p)
- Margaret Alington (1920–2012, N Zealand, nf)
- Salma Khalil Alio (born 1982, Chad, p/f)
- Kavisekhara Dr Umar Alisha (1885–1945, India, nf)
- Archibald Alison (1757–1839, England, nf)
- Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792–1867, England/Scotland, nf)
- Jane Alison (born 1961, Australia, f/nf)
- Rosie Alison (born 1964, England, f/d)
- William Alison (1790–1859, Scotland, nf)
- Akilu Aliyu (1918–1999, Nigeria, p/nf)
- Ghazaleh Alizadeh (1949–1996, Iran, f/p)
- Sonita Alizadeh (born 1996, Afghanistan/US, p)
- Mohammed Abed al-Jabri (1935–2010, Morocco, nf)
- Adnan al-Janabi (living, Iraq, nf)
- Zaynab Alkali (born 1950, Nigeria, f)
- Ibn al-Khabbaza (died 1239, Morocco, nf/p)
- al-Khansa(575–645, Arab region, p)
- Tewfik Allal (born 1947, Morocco, nf)
- James Alexander Allan (1879–1967, Australia, p/nf)
- Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch)
- Rob Allan (1945–2021, N Zealand, p)
- Rosetta Allan (living, N Zealand, p/f)
- Hortense Allart (1801–1879, Italy/France, nf/f)
- Donald Allchin (1930–2010, England, nf)
- August Alle (1890–1952, Russian E/Estonia, nf/p)
- Joseph Alleine (1634–1668, England, nf)
- Barbara Allen(1914–1986, England, f), pseudonym of Violet Vivian Finlay Stuart Mann
- Candace Allen (born 1950, US, f/nf)
- Charlotte Vale Allen(born 1941, Canada/US, f)
- Chris Allen (born 1964, Australia, f)
- Clifford Allen, 1st Baron Allen of Hurtwood (1889–1939, England/Switzerland, nf)
- Dick Allen (1939–2017, US, p/nf)
- Donald Allen (1912–2004, US, p)
- Elizabeth Allen (living, Australia, p)
- Elizabeth Akers Allen (1832–1911, US, p/nf)
- Grant Allen (1848–1899, Canada/England, nf/f)
- Hannah Allen (c. 1638–1668 or 1708, England, nf)
- John Allen (1771–1843, Scotland/England, nf)
- John Allen (1771–1839, England, nf)
- Leslie Holdsworth Allen (1879–1964, Australia, p/ch)
- Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998, England, ch)
- Mary Sophia Allen (1878–1964, Wales/England, nf)
- Pamela Allen (born 1934, N Zealand, ch)
- Richard James Allen (born 1960, Australia, p/f)
- Roger MacBride Allen (born 1957, US, f)
- Ron Allen (1947–2010, US, p/d)
- Thomas Allen (1681–1755, England, nf)
- Thomas B. Allen (1929–2018, US, f/nf)
- Walter Allen (1911–1995, England, nf/f)
- Isabel Allende (born 1942, Chile/US, f/nf)
- Ellen Palmer Allerton (1835–1893, US, p)
- Richard Allestree (1621/1622–1681, England, nf)
- Artur Alliksaar (1923–1966, Estonia/USSR, p)
- Margery Allingham (1904–1966, England, f)
- William Allingham (1824–1889, Ireland, p/nf)
- Hermann Allmers (1821–1902, Germany, p)
- Abdelkader Alloula (1939–1994, Algeria, d)
- Malek Alloula (1937–2015, Algeria, p/nf)
- Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949, US, ch)
- Aaron Allston, (1960–2014, US, f)
- Washington Allston (1779–1843, US, p/nf)
- Lisa Allen-Agostini (born 1970s, Trinidad, f/nf/p)
- Ahmed al-Madini (born 1947, Morocco, nf/f/p)
- Sadiq al-Mahdi (1935–2020, Sudan, nf)
- Nazik Al-Malaika (1923–2007, Iraq, p)
- Arib al-Ma'muniyya (797–890, Arab region, p)
- Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari(1578–1632, Algeria/Egypt, nf)
- Ibn al-Banna al-Marrakushi(1256–1321, Morocco, nf)
- Maram al-Masri (born 1962, Syria/France, p/nf)
- Anchan (born 1952, Thailand/US, p/f)
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, nf/p)
- Helena Anhava (1925–2018, Finland, p)
- Elizabeth Alexander (born 1962), American poet, essayist, playwright and academic
- Maram al-Masri (born 1962), Syrian poet
- Elvia Ardalani (born 1963), Mexican poet, writer, and storyteller
- György Almásy (1867–1933, Hungary, nf)
- László Almásy (1895–1951, Austria-Hungary/Austria, nf)
- Øystein Alme (born 1960, Norway, nf)
- E. M. Almedingen (1898–1971, Russian E/England, f/nf/ch)
- Germano Almeida (born 1945, Cape Verde, nf/f)
- Guilherme de Almeida (1890–1969, Brazil, nf/p)
- Lúcia Machado de Almeida (1910–2005, Brazil, f)
- Manuel Antônio de Almeida (1831–1861, Brazil, f/d)
- Marcelina Almeida (c. 1830–1880), Argentina/Uruguay, f/p)
- Miguel Vale de Almeida (born 1960, Portugal, nf)
- Rita Almeida (born 1974, Portugal/US, nf)
- David Almond (born 1951, England, ch)
- Steve Almond (born 1966, US, f/nf)
- Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793–1866, Sweden, p/nf)
- Malik ibn al-Murahhal (1207–1289, Morocco, p)
- Wallada bint al-Mustakfi (1001–1080, Andalusia, p)
- Hamed al-Nazir (born 1975, Sudan, nf/f)
- Finn Alnæs (1932–1991, Norway, f)
- Karsten Alnæs (born 1938, Norway, nf)
- Mohammad Ishaq Aloko (born 1935, Afghanistan/Germany, nf)
- Dámaso Alonso (1898–1990, Spain, p/nf)
- Faouzia Aloui (born 1957, Tunisia, p/f)
- Blanche d'Alpuget (born 1944, Australia, f/nf)
- Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal (1935–2008, Sudan, nf)
- Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi (1552/1553–1616, Morocco, f/nf)
- Ibn al-Qattan (fl. 13th c., Morocco, nf)
- Zakariya al-Qazwini (1203–1273, Persia, nf)
- Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (born 1969, Sudan, p/nf)
- Harun al-Rashid (763 or 766–809, Abbasid Caliphate, nf)
- Karim Alrawi (born 1952, Egypt, d/ch/f)
- Maqbula al-Shalak(1921–1986), Syria, p/ch)
- Hanan al-Shaykh (born 1945, Lebanon, f/nf)
- Ahmad ibn al-Amin al-Shinqiti (1872–1913, Mauritania, nf)
- Fawziyya al-Sindi (born 1957, Bahrain, p)
- Amir Taj al-Sir (born 1960, Sudan/Qatar, f/p/nf)
- Vincent Alsop (c. 1630–1703, England, nf)
- Alta (born 1942, US, p/nf)
- Ignacio Manuel Altamirano (1834–1893, Mexico/Italy, f/nf)
- Fatima al-Taytun (born 1962, Bahrain, p)
- Steve Alten (born 1959, US, f)
- Peter Altenberg (1859–1919, Austrian E, f/p)
- Nathan Alterman (1910–1970, Poland/Israel, p/d/nf)
- Louis Althusser (1918–1990, France, nf)
- Ahmad al-Tifashi (1184–1253, Algeria/Egypt, p/nf)
- Fouad al-Tikerly (1927–2008, Iraq/Jordan, f)
- Ahmad Baba al-Timbukti (1556–1627, Mali, nf)
- Günter Altner (1936–2011, Germany, nf)
- Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862–1919, US, f/nf)
- Mor Altshuler (born 1957, Israel, nf)
- Hassan Al-Turabi(1932–2016, Sudan, nf)
- T. M. Aluko (1918–2010, Nigeria, f/nf)
- Alurista (born 1947, Mexico/US, p)
- Julia Alvarez (born 1950, Dominica/US, p/f/nf)
- Al Alvarez (1929–2019, England, p/f/nf)
- Ivy Alvarez (living, Philippines/Australia, p)
- Juan Álvarez (1878–1954, Argentina, nf)
- Julia Alvarez (born 1950, US, p/f/nf)
- Betti Alver (1906–1989, Russian E/Estonia, p)
- Castro Alves (1847–1871, Brazil, p/d)
- Moniza Alvi (b. 1954, Pakistan/England, p)
- Ibn al-Wannan (died 1773, Morocco, p)
- Tuhami al-Wazzani (1903–1972, Morocco, nf)
- Ibn al-Yasamin (died 1204, Seville, nf)
- Marc Alyn (born 1937, France, p), pseudonym of Alain-Marc Fécherolle
- Latifa al-Zayyat (1923–1996, Egypt, f)
Am–An
- Mario Amadeo (1911–1983, Argentina, nf)
- Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f)
- Ramón Amaya Amador (1916–1966, Honduras, nf)
- Elechi Amadi (1934–2016, Nigeria, d/f)
- Ifi Amadiume (born 1947, Nigeria/US, p/nf)
- Jorge Amado (1912–2001, Brazil, f)
- Andrej Amalrik(1938–1980, USSR/France, nf)
- Joseph Godson Amamoo (born 1931, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
- Ludu Daw Amar (1915–2008, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
- Ana Luísa Amaral (born 1956, Portugal, p/ch/nf)
- Gunadasa Amarasekara (born 1929, Ceylon/Sri Lanka, f/p/d)
- Amara-siṃha (fl. c. 375 CE, India, p/nf)
- Guru Amardas (1479–1574, India, nf)
- Orlanda Amarílis (1924–2014, Cape Verde, f/ch)
- Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967–2012, Ethiopia, ch)
- Ingvar Ambjørnsen (born 1956, Norway, f)
- Eric Ambler (1909–1998, England, f)
- Catherine d'Amboise (1475–1550, France, p)
- Stephen E. Ambrose (1936–2002, US, nf)
- William Ambrose (1813–1873, Wales, p/nf)
- Ambroise (fl. c. 1190, Normandy, p)
- Zoltán Ambrus (1861–1932, Hungary, nf/f)
- Ellis Amburn (1933–2018, US, nf)
- Erik Amdrup (1923–1998, Denmark, nf/f)
- Jean Améry (1912–1978, Austria, nf)
- Joseph Ames (1689–1759, England, nf)
- Nicholas Amhurst (1697–1743, England, p/nf)
- Yehuda Amichai (1924–2000, Germany/Israel, p), birth name Ludwig Pfeuffer
- Edmondo De Amicis (1846–1908, Italy, f/p/ch)
- Alexander Amilakhvari (1750–1802, Russian E, nf)
- Gad Ami (born 1958, Togo, f)
- Adibah Amin (born 1936, Malaya/Malaysia, f/d)
- Samir Amin (1931–2018, Egypt/France, nf)
- Chabua Amirejibi (1921–2013, USSR/Georgia, f)
- Reza Amirkhani (born 1973, Iran, f/nf)
- Mahshid Amirshahi (born 1937, Iran/France, f/nf)
- Indran Amirthanayagam (born 1960, Ceylon/US, p/nf)
- Kingsley Amis (1922–1995, England, f, p, nf)
- Martin Amis (1949–2023, England, f/nf)
- Majeed Amjad (1914–1974, India/Pakistan, p)
- Anton Wilhelm Amo (c. 1703 – c. 1759, Gold Coast/Germany, nf)
- A. R. Ammons (1926–2001, US, p/nf)
- Pita Amor (1918–2000, Mexico, p)
- Gabriele Amorth (1925–2016, Italy, nf)
- Thomas Amory (c. 1691–1788, Ireland/England, nf)
- Sheldon Amos (1835–1886, England/Egypt, nf)
- André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836, France, nf)
- Mohammed Ibn Amr(died 1827, Morocco, p)
- Djamel Amrani (1935–2005, Algeria, nf)
- Idriss al-Amraoui (died 1879, Morocco, nf/p)
- Jean Amrouche (1906–1962, Algeria/France, p)
- Taos Amrouche (1913–1976, Algeria/France, f/p)
- Moses Amyraut (1596–1664, France, nf)
- Anacreon (c. 582 – c. 485 BCE, Asia Minor, p)
- Tahmima Anam (born 1975, Bangladesh/England, f)
- Anurag Anand (born 1978, India, f/nf)
- Mulk Raj Anand (1905–2004, India)
- Valerie Anand (born 1937, England, f)
- David Ananou (1917–2000, Togo, f)
- Dragutin Anastasijević (1877–1950, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Rudolfo Anaya (1937–2020, US, f/p)
- Nicolas Ancion (born 1971, Belgium, f/ch/d)
- Manuel Ancízar (1812–1882, Colombia, nf)
- Federico Andahazi (born 1963, Argentina, f/nf)
- John Anderdon (1792–1874, England, nf)
- Alfred Andersch (1914–1980, Germany/Switzerland, nf)
- Astrid Hjertenæs Andersen (1915–1985, Norway, p/nf)
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875, Denmark, ch)
- Susan Andersen (born 1950, US, f)
- Tryggve Andersen (1866–1920, Norway, f/p)
- Vilhelm Andersen (1864–1953, Denmark, nf)
- Adam Anderson (1692 or 1693–1765, Scotland, nf)
- Alan Orr Anderson (1879–1958, Scotland, nf)
- Barbara Anderson (1926–2013, N Zealand, f)
- Benedict Anderson (1936–2015, China/Indonesia, nf)
- Catherine Anderson (born 1948, US, f)
- Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836–1917, England, nf)
- Ethel Anderson (1883–1958, Australia, p/f/nf)
- Freddie Anderson (1922–2001, Ireland/Scotland, d/p)
- Hilary Andersson (born 1967, US/England, nf)
- J. Redwood Anderson (1883–1964, England, p/d)
- James Anderson (1662–1728, Scotland, nf)
- James Anderson of Hermiston (1739–1808, Scotland, nf)
- Jessica Anderson (1916–2010, Australia, f)
- Jim Anderson (born 1937, England/Australia, f)
- John Anderson, 1726–1796, Scotland, nf)
- Kevin J. Anderson (born 1962, US, f)
- Lena Anderson (born 1939, Sweden, ch)
- Marjorie Ogilvie Anderson (1909–2002, Scotland, nf)
- Matthew Tobin Anderson(born 1968, US, ch)
- Patrick Anderson (1618–1635, Scotland, nf/p)
- Perry Anderson (born 1938, England, nf)
- Poul Anderson (1926–2001, US, f)
- Rachel Anderson (born 1943, England, ch)
- Robert Anderson (1841–1918, Ireland/England, nf)
- Terry L. Anderson (living, US, nf)
- Verily Anderson (1915–2010, England, ch/nf)
- Victor Henry Anderson (1917–2001, US, p)
- Dan Andersson (1888–1920, Sweden, p)
- Emma Andijewska (born 1931, USSR/Germany, p/f)
- Venko Andonovski (born 1965, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, f/d/p)
- Stojan Andov (born 1935, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, nf)
- Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987, Brazil, p)
- César Dávila Andrade (1918–1967, Ecuador, p)
- Eugénio de Andrade (1923–2005, Portugal, p)
- Jorge Carrera Andrade (1903–1978, Ecuador, p/nf)
- Mário de Andrade (1893–1945, Brazil, p/f/nf)
- Mário Pinto de Andrade (1928–1990, Angola, p/nf)
- Oswald de Andrade (1890–1954, Brazil, f/p/nf)
- Bernard André (1450–1522, France/England, p)
- Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861–1937, Russia/Germany, f/d/nf)
- Neshani Andreas (1964–2011, SW Africa/Namibia, f)
- Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)
- Petre M. Andreevski (1934–2006, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/f/d)
- Peter Andrej (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Slovenia, p)
- Emil Andreev (born 1956, Bulgaria, f/d)
- Isabella Andreini (1562–1604), Italy, d/p)
- Stefan Andres (1906–1970, Germany/Italy, f)
- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (1919–2004, Portugal, p/f)
- Bruce Andrews (born 1948, US, p/nf)
- Isobel Andrews (1905–1990, N Zealand, d/f/p)
- Julie Andrews (born 1935, England, ch/nf)
- Kevin Andrews (1924–1989, US, nf)
- V. C. Andrews (1923–1986, US, f)
- Ivo Andrić (1892–1975, Bosnia/Yugoslavia, f/p)
- Ron Androla (born 1954, US, p)
- Aneirin (early medieval, Cumbric kingdoms of Britain, p)
- Harriet Anena (living, Uganda, p/nf/f)
- Guru Angad (1504–1552, India, p)
- Patricia Angadi (1914–2001, England, f)
- Ardan Angarkhaev (born 1946, USSR/Russia, p/f/d)
- Ernst Angel (1894–1986, Austria/US, p/nf)
- Ralph Angel (1951–2020, US, p)
- Marguerite de Angeli (1889–1987, US, ch)
- Stefano degli Angeli (1623–1697, Italy, nf)
- Klairi Angelidou (1932–2021, Turkey/Cyprus, p/nf)
- April De Angelis (born 1960, England, d)
- Norman Angell (1872–1967, England, nf)
- Domenico Angelo (1717–1802, Italy/England, nf)
- Maya Angelou (1928–2014, US, p/nf)
- Eduardo Angeloz (1931–2017, Argentina, nf)
- Angelus Silesius (c. 1624–1677, Germany, nf), pseudonym of Johann Scheffler
- Kenneth Anger (1927–2023, US, d/nf)
- Giulio Angioni (1939–2017, Italy, f/nf)
- Jared Angira (born 1947, Kenya, p)
- Ndeutala Angolo (born 1952, SW Africa/Namibia, f/nf)
- María Nsué Angüe (1945–2017, Equatorial Guinea, f/p/nf)
- Jonah Anguka (living, Kenya, nf)
- James Stout Angus (1830–1923, Scotland, p/nf)
- Marion Angus (1865–1946, Scotland, p/nf)
- Sam Angus (born 1967, England, ch)
- Helena Anhava (1925–2018), Finland, p)
- Thea Astley (1925–2004), Australian fiction writer and poet
- T. E. Anin (living, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
- Guda Anjaiah (1955–2016, India, p)
- Augusto dos Anjos (1884–1914, Brazil, p)
- Nadia Anjuman (1980–2005, Afghanistan, p)
- Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)
- G. E. M. Anscombe (1919–2001, Ireland/England, nf)
- Süreyya Aylin Antmen (born 1981, Turkey, p/nf)
- Ella Anker (1870–1958, Norway, nf/d)
- Nini Roll Anker (1873–1942, Norway, f/d)
- Robert Anker (1946–2017, Netherlands, f)
- Charlotte Anley (1796–1893, England, f/nf)
- Threes Anna (born 1959, Netherlands, f/d), pseudonym of Threes Schreurs
- Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (born 1946, Sudan/US, nf)
- Kofi Annan (1938–2018, Gold Coast/Switzerland, nf)
- J. K. Annand (1908–1993, Scotland, p/ch)
- Anders Annerfalk (born 1959, Sweden, nf)
- Anni Baobei (born 1974, China, f), pseudonym of Li Jie (励婕)
- Núria Añó (born 1973, Spain, f/nf)
- Anrakuan Sakuden (安楽庵策伝, 1554–1642, Japan, nf/p)
- Ali Ansari (born 1967, Italy/Scotland, nf)
- Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari(1887–1979, India/Pakistan, nf/p)
- Anselm of Canterbury (1033/1034–1109, Italy/England, nf)
- Peter Anson (1889–1975, England, nf)
- Christopher Anstey (1724–1805, England, p)
- Marion Anstis (living, Australia, nf)
- Manana Antadze (born 1945, USSR, nf)
- Anthim the Iberian (1650–1717, Iberia/Wallachia, nf)
- Anthony (安东尼, born 1984, China/Australia ch), pseudonym of Ma Liang (马亮)
- Evelyn Anthony (1926–2018, England, f)
- Lawrence Anthony (1950–2012, S Africa, nf)
- Michael Anthony (1930–2023, Trinidad, f/nf)
- Piers Anthony (born 1934, UK/US, f)
- Mika Antić (1932–1986, Yugoslavia/Serbia, p/nf)
- David Antin (1932–2016, US, p/nf)
- Antler (born 1946, US, p), birth name Brad Burdick
- Sorin Antohi (born 1957, Romania, nf)
- Susanne Antonetta (born 1956, US, p/nf)
- Slobodan Antonić (born 1959, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Voja Antonić (born 1952, Yugoslavia/US, nf)
- Brother Antoninus (1912–1994, US, p), pseudonym of William Everson
- Raymond Antrobus (born 1986, England, p)
- António Lobo Antunes (born 1942, Portugal, f)
- Gabriela Antunes (1937–2004, Angola, f/nf/ch)
- Christopher Anvil (1925–2009, US, f), pseudonym of Harry Christopher Crosby
- Chairil Anwar (1922–1949, Dutch E Indies/Indonesia, p)
- Robert Anwood (living, US, f), pseudonym
- Erica Sugo Anyadike (living, Tanzania, nf)
- Kofi Anyidoho (born 1947, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/nf)
- Anyte of Tegea(fl. early 3rd c. BCE, Greece, p)
- Johannes Anyuru (born 1979, Sweden, p/nf)
- Gloria E. Anzaldúa (1942–2004, US, p/nf)
- Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889, Austrian E, d/f/p)
- Atsuko Anzai (安西篤子, born 1927, Japan, f)
- Fuyue Anzai (安西冬衛, 1898–1965, Japan/China, p)
Ao–At
- Leïla Aouchal (1936–2013, France/Algeria, nf)
- Góshó Aoyama (山剛昌, born 1963, Japan, f)
- Johann August Apel (1771–1816, Germany, f)
- Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918, France, p/d/f)
- Sulpicius Apollinaris (fl. 2nd c. CE, nf/p)
- Apollodorus of Carystus (fl. 300–260 BCE, Greece, d)
- Apollonius of Rhodes (270 – post–245 BCE, Alexandria, p)
- Péter Apor (1676–1752, Hungary, nf)
- Maja Apostoloska (born 1976, Yugoslavia/N Macedonia, p/nf)
- Arjun Appadurai (born 1949, US, nf)
- Nathacha Appanah (born 1973, Mauritius, f)
- Jacob M. Appel (born 1973, US, f/nf/p)
- Aharon Appelfeld (1932–2018, Romania/Israel, f)
- Charles James Apperley (1777–1843, Wales/England, nf)
- Adolphe Appia (1862–1928, Switzerland, nf)
- Kwame Anthony Appiah (born 1954, England/US, nf/f)
- Max Apple (born 1941, US, f)
- Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)
- Lisa Appignanesi (born 1946, Canada/England, nf)
- Philip Appleman (1926–2020, US, p/nf)
- Richard Appleton (1932–2005, Australia, p)
- Victor Appleton (US house pseudonym since 1910s)
- Katherine Applegate (born 1956, US, ch)
- Boris Aprilov (1921–1995, Bulgaria, f/d/ch)
- Lajos Áprily (1887–1967, Hungary, p)
- Ann Catrin Apstein-Müller (born 1973, Germany, p)
- Apuleius (124–170 CE, Roman E, f/nf)
- Pawlu Aquilina (1929–2009, Malta, p/nf)
- Louis Aragon (1897–1982, France, p/n)
- Shio Aragvispireli (1867–1926, Russian E/USSR, f)
- Arai Hakuseki (新井白石, 1657–1725, Japan, nf)
- Motoko Arai (新井素子, born 1960, Japan, f)
- Tōichirō Araki (荒木東一郎, 1895–1977, Japan, nf)
- Ivan Aralica (born 1930, Yugoslavia/Croatia, f/nf)
- Arambilet (born 1957, Dominican Rep., f/p/d), pseudonym of Ángel Luis Arambilet Álvarez
- Gonzalo Arango (1931–1976, Colombia, nf/p)
- Graça Aranha (1868–1931, Brazil, nf/f)
- János Arany (1817–1882, Hungary, p)
- Aratus (c. 315/310–240 BCE, Greece, p)
- Helena Araújo (1934–2015, Colombia, nf)
- Maria Arbatova (born 1957, USSR/Russia, f/d/p)
- John Arbuthnot (1667–1735, Scotland/England, nf)
- José Arce (1881–1968, Argentina/US, nf)
- Manuel Maples Arce (1900–1981, Mexico, p/nf)
- Jeffrey Archer (born 1940, England, f)
- Jennifer Archer (born 1957, US, f/ch)
- Maria Archer (1899–1982, Portugal, f/ch/d), pseudonym of Maria Emilia Archer Eyrolles Baltasar Moreira
- Mary Archer (born 1944, England, nf)
- Robyn Archer (born 1948, Australia, d/p/nf)
- Archil of Imereti (1647–1713, Kingdom of Georgia/Russia, p)
- Archilochus (c. 680–645 BCE, Greece, p)
- Archimedes ( c. 287 – c. 212 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Philip Ardagh (born 1961, England, f/ch)
- Elvia Ardalani (born 1963, Mexico, p/nf/f)
- Lavrenti Ardaziani (1815–1870, Russian E, f)
- Jane Arden (1927–1982, England, d)
- Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979, China/England, ch/nf)
- Britt Arenander (born 1941, Sweden, f/p)
- Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990, Cuba, p/f/d)
- Ana Paula Arendt (born 1980, Brazil, ch/d/p)
- Hannah Arendt (1906–1975, Germany/US, nf)
- Walter Conrad Arensberg (1878–1954, US, p)
- Juan Argerich (1862–1924, Argentina, f/nf)
- Tudor Arghezi (1880–1967, Romania, p/ch)
- Alcides Arguedas (1879–1946, Bolivia, nf/f)
- José María Arguedas (1911–1969, Peru, f/p/nf)
- Manlio Argueta (born 1935, El Salvador, p/f)
- Yemisi Aribisala (born 1973, Nigeria, nf)
- Homero Aridjis (born 1940, Mexico, p/f/nf)
- Dan Ariely (born 1967, US/Israel, nf)
- Philippe Ariès (1914–1984, France, nf)
- Afonso Arinos (1868–1916, Brazil, nf)
- Ludovico Ariosto (1474–1533, Italy, p/d)
- Ikuma Arishima (有島生馬, 1882–1974, Japan, f)
- Takeo Arishima (有島武郎, 1878–1923, Japan, f/nf)
- Aelius Aristides (AD 118–181, Greece, nf)
- Aristophanes (c. 446–385 BC, Greece, d/p)
- Aristotle (384–322 BCE, Greece, nf)
- Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子, 1931–1984, Japan, f)
- Guru Arjan (1563–1606, India, p)
- Reginald Arkell (1881–1959, England, d/f)
- Mohammed Arkoun (1928–2010, Algeria, nf)
- Aleksander Arkuszyński (1918–2016, Poland, nf)
- Michael Arlen (1895–1956, Bulgaria/US, nf/f/d), born Dikran Kouyoumdjian
- Roberto Arlt (1900–1942, Argentina, f/d/nf)
- Ayi Kwei Armah (born 1939, Gold Coast/Ghana, f/nf/ch)
- Venero Armanno (born 1959, Australia, f/ch)
- Kristinn Ármannsson (1895–1966, Iceland, nf)
- Rae Armantrout (born 1947, US, p, nf)
- T. Q. Armar (1915–2000, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf)
- Raphael Armattoe (1913–1953, Gold Coast/Ghana, nf/p)
- Sergio Román Armendáriz (born 1934, Ecuador, p/d)
- Laura Adams Armer (1874–1963, US, nf/ch)
- Simon Armitage (born 1963, England, p/d/f)
- Annie Armitt (1850–1933, England, f/p/nf)
- Rebecca Agatha Armour (1845–1891, Canada, f)
- Richard Armour (1906–1989, US, p/nf/ch)
- Isobel Armstrong (born 1937, England, nf)
- Karen Armstrong (born 1944, England, nf)
- Lindsay Armstrong (living, S Africa/Australia, f)
- Martin Armstrong (1882–1974, f/p)
- Millicent Armstrong (1888–1973, Australia, d)
- Peter Armstrong (born 1957, England, p)
- Richard Armstrong(1903–1986, England, f/ch)
- Sarah Armstrong (born 1968, Australia, f)
- Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010, England, f)
- William H. Armstrong (1911–1999, US, ch)
- Bergþóra Árnadóttir (1948–2007, Iceland, p)
- Nína Björk Árnadóttir (1941–2000, Iceland, d/p/f)
- Bergljót Arnalds (born 1968, Iceland, ch)
- Jón Árnason (1819–1888, Iceland, nf/ch)
- Örn Árnason (born 1959, Iceland, d)
- Céline Arnauld (1885–1952, Romania/France, p/f)
- Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860, Swedish Pomerania/Germany, nf/p)
- Achim von Arnim (1781–1831, Germany, p/f)
- Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859, Germany, nf)
- Craig Arnold (1967–2009, US, p)
- Edwin Arnold (1822–1904, England, p/nf)
- Edwin Lester Arnold (1857–1935, England, nf/f)
- Elizabeth Arnold (born 1944, England, ch)
- Gottfried Arnold (1666–1714, Germany, nf)
- Janet Arnold (1932–1998, England, nf)
- Matthew Arnold (1822–1888, England, p/nf)
- Ron Arnold (1937–2022, US, nf)
- Sarah Louise Arnold (1859–1943, US, nf)
- Tedd Arnold (born 1949, US, ch)
- Thomas James Arnold (c. 1804–1887, England, nf)
- William Delafield Arnold (1828–1859, England, nf)
- Arnórr jarlaskáld (c. 1012–1070s, Iceland, p)
- Þjóðólfr Arnórsson (fl. 11th c., Iceland/Norway, p)
- Hugo Arnot (1749–1786, Scotland, nf)
- Jean Arp (1886–1966, Germany/Switzerland, p), full name Hans Peter Wilhelm Arp
- Franciszka Arnsztajnowa (1865–1942, Poland, p/d), Holocaust victim
- Fernando Arrabal (born 1932, Spain, d/f/p)
- Hafsa bint al-Hajj Arrakuniyya((died 1190, Andalusia, p)
- Renée Ferrer de Arréllaga (born 1944, Paraguay, p/f)
- Juan José Arreola (1918–2001, Mexico, f)
- Guillermo Arriaga (born 1958, Mexico, f/d)
- Arrian (c. 86/89 – post-146/160 CE, Greece, nf)), Greek name Arrianos
- Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro (born 1970, Puerto Rico, f/nf/ch)
- Pat Arrowsmith (1930–2023, England, f/nf/p)
- I'timad Arrumaimikiyya (born 1045/1047, Andalusia, p)
- Emmanuelle Arsan (1932–2005, Thailand/France, f), pseudonym of Marayat Rollet-Andriane
- Vladimir Arsenijević (born 1965, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f/nf)
- Vladimir Arsenyev (1872–1930, Russian E/USSR, nf)
- Hranush Arshagyan(1887–1905, Ottoman E, p)
- Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843, Austria-Hungary, nf)
- Ahmed Ibrahim Artan (living, Somalia, nf)
- Antonin Artaud (1896–1948, France, d/p/nf)
- Rosalía Arteaga (born 1956, Ecuador, nf)
- Miguel Arteche (1926–2012, Chile, p/f)
- Keri Arthur (born 1967, Australia, f)
- Portia Arthur (born 1990, Ghana, ch)
- Ruth M. Arthur (1905–1979, Scotland, ch), born Ruth Mabel Arthur Huggins
- H. C. Artmann (1921–2000, Austria, p/nf/f)
- Tovma Artsruni (fl. 9th–10th c., Armenia, nf)
- K. O. Arvidson (1938–2011, N Zealand, p/nf)
- Ingeborg Arvola (born 1974, Norway, n/ch)
- Akram Monfared Arya (born 1946, Iran/Sweden, nf)
- Germán List Arzubide (1898–1998, Mexico, p/nf)
- Gheorghe Asachi (1788–1869, Ukraine/Romania, p/f/d)
- Jirō Asada (浅田次郎, born 1951, Japan, f/nf)
- Houshang Asadi (born 1951, Iran/France, nf)
- Milan Asadurov (1949–2019, Bulgaria, f)
- Zabel Sibil Asadour (1863–1934, Ottoman E/Turkey, nf)
- Asai Ryōi (浅井了意, c. 1612–1691, Japan, f/nf)
- Khadambi Asalache (1935–2006, Kenya/England, f/p)
- M. K. Asante (born 1982, US, nf)
- Bediako Asare (born 1930, Gold Coast/Tanzania, f/nf)
- Meshack Asare (born 1945, Gold Coast/Germany, ch)
- Yaw Asare (1954–2002, Ghana, nf)
- Catherine Asaro (born 1955, US, f)
- Lado Asatiani (1917–1943, USSR, p)
- Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812–1885, Norway, nf)
- Hilario Ascasubi (1807–1875, Argentina, p)
- Frank Asch (born 1946, US, ch)
- Sholem Asch (1880–1957, Poland/England, f/d/nf)
- Oscar Asche (1871–1936, Australia, d)
- Birgit Aschmann (born 1967, Germany, nf)
- Abdoulaye Ascofaré(born 1949, Mali, p/d)
- Gaber Asfour (1944–2021, Egypt, nf)
- Issa Asgarally (living, Mauritius, nf)
- John Asgill (1659–1738, England, nf)
- Eysteinn Ásgrímsson (c. 1310–1361, Iceland, p)
- Russell Ash (1946–2010, England, nf/ch)
- John Ashbery (1927–2017, US, p/nf)
- Elizabeth Ashbridge (1713–1755, England/N American colonies, nf)
- Cliff Ashby (1919–2012, England, p/f)
- Deborah Ashby (born 1959, England, nf)
- Joseph Ashby-Sterry (1836 or 1838–1917, England, p/f/nf)
- Laura Ashe (living, England, nf)
- Helen Asher (1927 – c. 2004, Australia, f)
- Michael Asher (born 1953, England, nf/f)
- Jay Asher (born 1975, US, f/nf)
- Daisy Ashford (1881–1972, England, f)
- Lindsay Ashford (born 1959, England, f/nf)
- Taku Ashibe (芦辺拓, born 1958, Japan, f)
- Dariush Ashoori (born 1938, Iran, nf)
- Mariam bint Abu Ya'qub Ashshilbi (died 1020, Andalusia, p)
- Mary Ashun (born 1968, Ghana, f/ch)
- Bernard Ashley (born 1935, England, ch)
- Melissa Ashley (born 1973, Australia, f)
- Renée Ashley (born 1949, US, p/f/nf)
- Robert Ashley (1565–1641, England, nf)
- Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671–1713, England/Italy, nf)
- Anastasia M. Ashman (born 1964, US, nf)
- Carl Ashmore (born 1968, England, ch)
- Radwa Ashour (1946–2014, Egypt, f)
- Charles Ashton (1848–1899, Wales, nf)
- Francis Leslie Ashton (1904–1994, England, f)
- Kalinda Ashton (living, Australia, f)
- Leah Ashton (living, Australia, f)
- Rosemary Ashton (born 1947, England, nf)
- Sylvia Ashton-Warner (1908–1984, N Zealand, f/nf)
- Asiimwe Deborah GKashugi (living, Uganda, d), born Deborah Asiimwe
- Isaac Asimov (1920–1992, USSR/US, f/nf)
- Janet Asimov (1926–2019, US, f/ch), pseudonym J. O. Jeppson
- Abu Abdallah ibn Askar (1529–1578, Morocco, nf)
- Rashid Askari (born 1965, E Pakistan/Bangladesh, nf/f)
- Anton Aškerc (1856–1912, Austrian E, p)
- Anne Askew (1520/1521–1546), England, p)
- Kjell Askildsen (1929–2021, Norway, f)
- Ibrahim Aslan (1935–2012, Egypt, f)
- Mahmoud Aslan (1902 – post-1971, Tunisia, f/d)
- Louise Aslanian (1902/1906–1945, Iran/France, p/f), Holocaust victim
- Timoshenko Aslanides (1943–2020, Australia, p)
- Nana Asma'u(1793–1864, Sokoto Caliphate, nf/p)
- Adam Asnyk (1838–1897, Poland/Austria-Hungary, p/d)
- Werner Aspenström (1918–1997, Sweden, p)
- Aemilius Asper (fl. 1st c. CE or late 2nd c. CE, Rome, nf)
- Asphyxia (living, Australia, ch)
- Robert Asprin (1946–2008, US, f)
- Clare Asquith (born 1951, England, nf)
- Lady Cynthia Asquith (1887–1960, England, f/nf/cs)
- Herbert Asquith (1881–1947, p/f)
- Margot Asquith (1864–1945, Scotland/England, nf)
- Ros Asquith (living, England, ch)
- Abu al-Abbas as-Sabti (1129–1204, Morocco, nf)
- Mina Assadi (born 1943, Iran/Sweden, p/nf)
- Ryad Assani-Razaki (born 1981, Benin/Canada, f)
- Robert Assaraf (1936–2018, Morocco/France, nf)
- Akram Assem (born 1965, Afghanistan, nf)
- Akwasi Bretuo Assensoh (born 1946, Gold Coast/US, nf)
- Machado de Assis (1839–1908, Brazil, f/p/d)
- Mary Astell (1666–1731, England, nf)
- David Astle (born 1961, Australia, nf/f/d)
- Thomas Astle (1735–1803, England, nf)
- Judy Astley (living, England, f/nf)
- Thea Astley (1925–2004, Australia, f/p)
- Margaret Aston (1932–2014, England, nf)
- Tilly Aston (1873–1947, Australia, p/nf)
- Carlos Astrada (1894–1970, Argentina, nf)
- Jean Astruc (1684–1766, France, nf)
- Miguel Ángel Asturias (1899–1974, Guatemala/Spain, p/f/d)
- Alaa Al Aswany (born 1957, Egypt, f/nf)
- Bogoboj Atanacković (1826–1858, Hungary/Serbia, f)
- Ksenija Atanasijević (1894–1981, Serbia/Yugoslavia, nf)
- Sonja Atanasijević (born 1962, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Nataša Atanasković (born 1972, Yugoslavia/Serbia, f)
- Platon Atanacković (1788–1867, Habsburg E, nf)
- Manouchehr Atashi (1931–2005, Iran, p/nf)
- Oğuz Atay (1934–1977, Turkey, f)
- Jón Hnefill Aðalsteinsson (1927–2010, Iceland, nf)
- Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296/298–373 CE, Greece, nf)
- Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872, England, p/f)
- Cassandra Atherton (living, Australia, p/nf)
- Yusuf Atılgan (1921–1989, Ottoman E/Turkey, f/d)
- Abu Jafar ibn Atiyya (died 1158, Morocco, nf)
- Lucy Atkins (born 1968, England, f/nf)
- Peter Atkins (born 1940, England, nf)
- Blanche Atkinson (1847–1911, England, f/ch)
- Diane Atkinson (living, England, nf)
- Hugh Atkinson (1924–1994, Australia, f/ch)
- Kate Atkinson (born 1951, England, f/d)
- Louisa Atkinson (1834–1872, Australia, f/nf)
- M. E. Atkinson (1899–1974, England, ch)
- Rupert Atkinson (1881–1961, Australia, p/d)
- Tiffany Atkinson (born 1972, Germany/Wales, p)
- William Walker Atkinson (1862–1932, US, nf)
- Odafe Atogun (living, Nigeria, f)
- Vishnu Raj Atreya (1944–2020, Nepal, nf/p)
- Sefi Atta (born 1964, Nigeria/US, f/d)
- Ayesha Harruna Attah (born 1983, Ghana/Senegal, f)
- Karen Attard (born 1958, Australia, f)
- David Attenborough (born 1926, England, nf)
- Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom (1790–1855, Sweden, p)
- Mririda n'Ait Attik (c. 1900 – c. 1940s, Morocco, p)
- Amelia Atwater-Rhodes (born 1984, US, f/ch)
- Margaret Atwood (born 1939, Canada, n/f/nf)
Au–Az
- Elise Aubert (1837–1909, Norway, f/nf)
- Madeleine de l'Aubespine(1546–1596, France, p)
- Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné (1794–1872, Switzerland, nf)
- Cécile Aubry (1928–2010, France, ch)
- Edward St Aubyn (born 1960, England, f/nf)
- Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – c. 1738, England, f/p)
- John Aubrey (1626–1697, England, nf)
- Hennie Aucamp (1934–2014, S Africa, p/f/nf)
- Dorothy Auchterlonie(1915–1991, England/Australia, nf/p)
- W. H. Auden (1907–1973, England/Austria, p/nf)
- Jean Auel(born 1936, US, f)
- Martin Auer (born 1951, Austria, ch/f/nf)
- Raoul Auernheimer (1876–1948, Austria/US, nf)
- Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg (1806–1876, Austrian E, p), pseudonym Anastasius Grün
- Steve Augarde (born 1950, England, f/ch)
- Augustine of Hippo (354–430, N Africa, nf)
- Imre Augustič, 1837–1879, Hungary, nf/p)
- Lillian Aujo (living, Uganda, f/p)
- Kjell Aukrust (1920–2002, Norway, f)
- Olav Aukrust (1883–1929, Norway, p)
- Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire (1904–1980; 1898–1986, Norway/US, ch)
- Htin Aung (1909–1978, Burma, nf)
- Pe Aung (1917–2006, Burma/Myanmar, nf)
- Francis Aupiais (1877–1945, France/Benin, nf)
- Marcus Aurelius (121–180 CE, Roman E, nf)
- Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly (1808–1889, France, f)
- Maria Aurora (1937–2010, Portugal, p/f/ch), pseudonym of Aurora Augusta Figueiredo de Carvalho Homem
- Joseph Auslander (1897–1965, US, p/f)
- Rose Ausländer (1901–1988, Austro-Hungarian E/Germany, p)
- Ausonius (c. 310 – c. 395, Roman Gaul, p/nf)
- Jane Austen (1775–1817, England, f)
- Paul Auster (born 1947, US, f/p/nf)
- Ralph Austen (c. 1612–1676, England, nf)
- Alfred Austin (1835–1913, England, p)
- Jane G. Austin (1831–1894, US, f)
- John Austin (1790–1859, England, nf)
- Sarah Austin (1793–1967, England/Germany, nf)
- Jonathan Auxier (born 1981, Canada, ch)
- Jovan Avakumović (c. 1748–1810, Habsburg E, p)
- Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873, Cuba/Spain, d/p/f)
- Esther Averill (1902–1992, US, ch)
- Gillian Avery (1926–2016, England, f/nf)
- Harold Avery (1867–1943, England, ch)
- James Avery (1945–2013, US, p)
- Avi (born 1937, US, ch)
- Tusiata Avia (born 1960, N Zealand, p/ch)
- Tamsier Joof Aviance (born 1973, Gambia, nf)
- Avicenna (c. 980–1037, Samanid E/Iran, nf/p), Arabic name Ibn Sina
- Carlos Lobo de Ávila (1860–1895, Portugal, nf)
- Bunty Avieson (living, Australia, f/nf)
- Margaret Avison (1918–2007, Canada, p/nf)
- Jack Avon (born 1967, Zambia/England, nf)
- Smilja Avramov (1918–2018, Yugoslavia/Serbia, nf)
- Dimitrije Avramović (1815–1855, Serbia, nf)
- Tash Aw (born 1971, Malaysia/England, f/nf), full name Aw Ta-Shi (歐大旭)
- Krayem Awad (born 1948, Syria/Austria, p)
- Usman Awang (1929–2001, Malaya/Malaysia, p/d/f)
- Christopher Awdry (born 1940, England, ch)
- Wilbert Awdry (1911–1997, England, ch), known as Rev. W. Awdry
- Ngahuia Te Awekotuku (born 1949, N Zealand, nf)
- Diane Awerbuck (born 1974, S Africa, f/nf)
- Farah Awl (1937–1991, Somaliland/Somalia, nf/p), full name Faarax Maxamed Jaamac Cawl
- Kofi Awoonor (1935–2013, Gold Coast/Ghana, p/f/nf)
- Mohammed Awzal (1670–1749, Morocco, nf)
- Jan Axelson (born 1949, US, nf)
- Majgull Axelsson (born 1947, Sweden, nf)
- Ibrahima Aya (born 1967, Mali, nf/f)
- Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (c. 1535 – post-1616, Peru, nf)
- Yukito Ayatsuji (内田直行, born 1960, Japan, f)
- Fatma Aydemir (born 1986, Germany, f/nf)
- Kyi Aye (1929–2016, Burma/Myanmar, p/f)
- A. J. Ayer (1910–1989, England, nf)
- Gennadiy Aygi (1934–2006, USSR/Russia, p)
- Nana Oforiatta Ayim (living, Ghana, f/nf)
- Joseph Ayloffe (1708–1781, England, nf)
- Zighen Aym (born 1957, Algeria/US, nf)
- Marcel Aymé (1902–1967, France, f/ch)
- Ayo Ayoola-Amale (living, Nigeria, p)
- Nabil Ayouch (born 1969, France, f)
- Ed Ayres (born 1941, US, nf)
- Ed Ayres(Australia, nf)
- Pam Ayres (born 1947, England, p)
- Hertha Ayrton (1854–1923, England, nf)
- Robert Aytoun (1570–1638, Scotland, p)
- Awista Ayub (born c. 1979, Afghanistan/India, f)
- Tetsuya Ayukawa (鮎川哲也, 1919–2002, Japan, nf/f)
- Iwao Ayusawa (鮎沢巌, 1894–1972, Japan, nf)
- Qadi Ayyad ben Moussa(1083–1149, Almoravid E, nf)
- Abu Salim al-Ayyashi (1628–1679, Morocco, nf/p)
- Humayun Azad (1947–2004, India/Germany, p/f/nf)
- Shokoofeh Azar (born 1972, Iran/Australia, f)
- Maryam Jafari Azarmani (born 1977, Iran, p/nf)
- Ali Azayku (1942–2004, Morocco, p/nf)
- Predrag Azdejković (born 1978, Germany/Serbia, nf)
- Aluisio Azevedo(1857–1913, Brazil, f/nf/d)
- Álvares de Azevedo (1831–1852, Brazil, p/f/d)
- Artur Azevedo (1855–1908, Brazi. f/d/p)
- Uche Azikiwe (born 1947, Nigeria, nf)
- Mohammad Yousuf Azraq (1937–1992, Afghanistan, nf)
- Mariano Azuela (1873–1952, Mexico, f/d/nf)
- Kiyohiko Azuma (あずまきよひこ, born 1968, Japan, f)
- Trezza Azzopardi (born 1961, Wales/England, f)
- Jody Azzouni (born 1954, US, nf)
- Nnorom Azuonye (born 1967, Biafra/Nigeria, d/p/nf)
- Abd Allah ibn Azzuz(died 1789, Morocco, nf)